Olive Garden Catering Prices and Party Menu (2026)

What are Olive Garden catering prices per person?

Olive Garden catering costs about $14 to $16 per person for a full meal in most markets, before tax, delivery fees and tip. The company advertises lower starting points: business catering from $12 per person, meal combinations from $13.75 and the pasta station from $13.50, with prices that vary by location.

Here is what we found on the online catering menus of 15 restaurants on Nov. 1, 2026. The Create Your Own Pasta Station, which serves 10, cost $140 to $155, so $14 to $15.50 per guest. The two meal combinations each cost $206.50 to $241.50, most often $217. Fed to 14 people, that works out to about $15.50 a head; fed to eight, about $27. The cheapest prices were in Charlotte and Nashville, the highest in Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle and Times Square.

If you build your own spread from pans, the math depends on the dish. A spaghetti pan at $46.99 spread across six guests is about $7.83 each before salad and bread, while a Chicken Alfredo pan at $64.99 is about $10.83 each. The table below compares the packages.

What is on the Olive Garden party menu?

Olive Garden's party menu has three formats: meal combinations, a pasta station and individual pans you mix and match.

The meal combinations serve 8 to 14 and come with two Jumbo Famous House Salads, two dozen breadsticks, a gallon of fresh-brewed iced tea and a whole cake (Black Tie Mousse, Sicilian Cheesecake or Tiramisu). The Chicken Parmigiana Combination adds a pan of chicken parm with eight breasts, a pan of spaghetti with marinara, and a pan of Five Cheese Ziti or Fettuccine Alfredo. The Lasagna Combination adds a pan of Lasagna Classico and a pan of ziti or alfredo.

The Create Your Own Pasta Station serves 10 with spaghetti and fettuccine; alfredo, meat sauce and marinara; and grilled chicken, meatballs and Italian sausage, plus salad and breadsticks. Olive Garden says it scales from 10 guests to more than 1,000.

The pans serve four to six each, from spaghetti to Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara, and you can add appetizer pans, extra proteins, half-gallon or gallon soups, desserts and gallon drinks. The family salad, called the Jumbo Famous House Salad with 12 breadsticks, costs $23.99 to $27.49 and serves six. Our Olive Garden soup and salad guide covers soup sizes.

How much is Olive Garden catering for 50 or 100 people?

Using the pasta station at its most common price of $145, Olive Garden catering for 50 people costs about $725 for five stations, and for 100 people about $1,450 for ten. Add the delivery fee and the totals come to roughly $786 and $1,548 before tax and tip, or about $15.50 to $15.75 per person.

The delivery fee is 10 percent on the first $500 and 5 percent on everything above it, by our reading of Olive Garden's terms. That is $61.25 on a $725 order and $97.50 on $1,450.

Large orders need a phone call. Olive Garden's online system takes pasta stations for up to 30 people for pickup and up to 80 people for delivery, needs 24 hours' notice for station delivery, and asks you to call the restaurant for pickup orders over $350. For 100 guests, call your local Olive Garden a few days ahead so the kitchen can plan.

Is Olive Garden catering cheaper than ordering entrées?

Usually, yes, once you feed four or more. At the Grove City, Ohio restaurant, a Chicken Alfredo pan for four to six cost $64.99, while four separate Chicken Alfredo entrées would cost $83.16. The Family-Style Chicken Alfredo Bundle, at $79.49, adds a family salad and a dozen breadsticks, which makes it the better buy for a home dinner. A spaghetti pan at $46.99 replaces four $13.99 spaghetti plates for about $9 less.

The exception is a sit-down meal. Create Your Own Pasta costs $13.99 per person in the dining room and includes never-ending soup or salad and breadsticks, with no delivery fee. That beats the pasta station's $14.50 per guest plus fees, so if your group can come to the restaurant, dining in is the cheaper way to feed it. For current promotions that can lower the bill further, see our Olive Garden specials page.

How do Olive Garden catering delivery and pickup work?

Olive Garden delivers catering orders of $100 or more before tax. Order online by 5 p.m. for next-day delivery within the restaurant's delivery area; same-day catering delivery is offered at some restaurants. The fee is 10 percent up to $500, then 5 percent for each dollar after that. Business catering includes setup, and delivery orders come with a free chafing kit on request.

Pickup has fewer rules but no chafing kits unless you buy them by calling the restaurant. Some items need lead time: allow two hours for the family lasagna bundle and four hours for the 12-serving Lasagna Classico pan. On a normal Sunday at the Ohio restaurant we checked, catering pickup ran until 9:40 p.m. and catering delivery until 9 p.m. Note that every Olive Garden is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day; see our Olive Garden hours guide for holiday planning.

Can you have a party at Olive Garden?

Yes, at many locations. In Olive Garden's locator, about 270 of its 965 U.S. restaurants list "Private Dining Available," described as large-party seating. Olive Garden does not take reservations or post party-room prices online, so call the restaurant, ask about space and minimums, and pick a slower time such as a weekday afternoon.

Olive Garden does not give group discounts; its FAQ says it aims to offer good value to every guest instead. Birthdays get a little extra: the guest of honor can get a free dessert when dining in, and servers will join in singing if you ask. The catering page also lists weddings, rehearsal dinners and bridal showers among its events. For individual menu prices, see the Olive Garden menu.